TEHRAN, Feb 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian minister of health and medical education, said that, Iran will turn into a major COVID-19 vaccine producer, in the next Iranian spring, which begins on Mar 20.
“With the continual efforts of Iranian youth, we will become one of the largest (COVID-19) vaccine hubs in the world, in the next spring,” Saeed Namaki, was quoted as saying.
“Based on the plan, we will vaccinate vulnerable groups by spring,” Namaki said, adding that, and “we will hopefully be able to control the situation by utmost observance of health guidelines.”
On Feb 9, Iran started nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using Russia’s Sputnik V jabs.
Iran’s Health Ministry reported 8,103 daily COVID-19 cases yesterday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,615,184.
The pandemic has so far claimed 59,899 lives in Iran, up by 69 in the past 24 hours, said Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, during her daily briefing.
Of the newly infected, 592 were hospitalised, said Lari.
A total of 1,379,922 people have recovered from the disease and been discharged from hospitals, while 3,720 remain in intensive care units.
According to the spokeswoman, 10,734,379 tests have been carried out in Iran, as of yesterday.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb 19, 2020.– NNN-IRNA
